Introduced by Law & Courts and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has established a 911 Emergency Telephone Dispatch Services fund for both operational costs and management and system improvements to the County emergency dispatch system; and

WHEREAS, traditionally the Board of Commissioners has operated under an informal policy of reserving at least twenty percent (20%) of the total annual revenues from the millage and the telephone surcharge has been reserved for management and system improvements to the County emergency dispatch system and the remaining monies have been reserved for contracting with the Cities of Lansing and East Lansing and the Northeast Ingham Emergency Services Authority for the Provision of 911 and Emergency Telephone Dispatch Service; and

WHEREAS, the County has been reimbursing the Cities of Lansing and East Lansing and the Northeast Ingham Emergency Services Authority for the Provision of 911 and Emergency telephone dispatch service for ninety five percent (95%) of the eligible operational costs for several years; and

WHEREAS, in fiscal year 2000-01 for the first time the operational contracts exceeded eighty percent (80%) of the total annual revenues from the millage and the telephone surcharge; and

WHEREAS, both are critical needs for public safety in Ingham County but a sufficient amount of funds must be reserved to maintain the integrity of the infrastructure of the Ingham County emergency telephone dispatch service.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts a A 911 Emergency Telephone Dispatch Services Fund Allocation Policy@ that effective with the 2001-02 fiscal year twenty per cent (20%) of the total annual revenues from the millage and the telephone surcharge will be reserved for management and system improvements to the County emergency dispatch system and the remaining monies will be capped and reserved to reimburse the Cities of Lansing and East Lansing and the Northeast Ingham Emergency Services Authority for the Provision of 911 and emergency telephone dispatch service for up to ninety five percent (95%) of the eligible operational costs.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is directed to submit copies of this resolution to the City of Lansing, City of East Lansing, the Northeast Ingham Emergency Services Authority, and the 911 Advisory Committee.

LAW & COURTS: Yeas: Pratt, Schafer, Lynch, Bernero, Smiley, Juall, Schmidt

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 11/16/00

FINANCE:Yeas: Bernero, Grebner, Czarnecki, McDonald, Schafer, Juall, Minter

Nays: Absent: None Approved 11/21/00